Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

Real estate agents are optimistic about the housing market and working to implement buyer agency agreement as we head into 2024, according to the RealTrends Q1 2024 AgentPulse survey. Better buyer and seller presentations to break down payment to a more granular level,” was one agent’s response. Always will too,” one wrote.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

Limited housing supply and a continuation of high home prices in many markets nationwide in 2023 restricted many first-time homebuyers from entering the housing market and finding their dream homes. The most common causes for loss are mortgages, judgments, liens and mechanic’ liens.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Another issue is home sellers’ bias against buyers using FHA loans, where offers from non-FHA borrowers are often selected even though lower in price. CHLA commends FHA for its work on its “Mythbusters” initiative, designed to blow up the myths around FHA loans by educating lenders and home sellers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The writer in the Economist says, “…either the fat fee [real estate commission] inflates the house price, or the buyer ends up paying a similar fee when he or she sells.” And this one, “If not for the Realtors rule, many buyers wouldn’t use brokers or would negotiate lower commissions. Home prices would likely fall.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2022

This includes developing a stronger knowledge about mortgage products, origination, compliance and regulatory matters, how loan officers operate day to day and mortgage sales. Brian Gubernick : No question, the greatest learning opportunity I’ve experienced was the 2007-2008 housing market crash.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

SentriLock , the home lockbox company wholly owned by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), announced Tuesday that they created a computer and smart phone platform to help real estate agents juggle their home showing appointments. The development is intriguing for a few reasons. Presented by: Propertybase.

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 7, 2023

has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for June 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Horton’s VIP Realtor distinction, placing him in the top 5% of REALTORS® in Broward County.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

After completing countless Veterans Administration (VA) mortgage loan transactions over the years, Chris Pascoe, a Marine veteran turned RE/MAX agent, has developed something of a system. Next, he has his buyers write a letter to the seller, a practice that has come under scrutiny lately for creating potential biases.

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 21, 2022

For the past few years, with inventory at historically low levels , sellers were coming pretty close to naming their price and buyers were paying. The low rates made it possible to offer more on a home as the cost of borrowing was lower and therefore, sellers weren’t the ones competing, buyers were. The same will be true for sellers.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

. “For things like homeowner’s insurance , title insurance, and realtors, we’ve now just become a marketplace. According to Garg, the company has developed a one-day mortgage product that provides a commitment letter within 24 hours. I’ve gone through extensive coaching and professional development,” he said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

A new generation of digitally native homebuyers and sellers are expecting online experiences , in every type of transaction, and more convenient and seamless ways to find, tour, purchase, and sell homes on their own terms. As a result, there are a growing number of tech-driven companies racing to meet the growing demand.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

LLR is not a newcomer to mortgage technology or the overall fintech market. million investment in eOriginal, a multi-year Tech100 winner that developed a ‘simple closing experience for lenders, borrowers and settlement agents.’ Clearly, we love that the housing market supports so many professionals and households.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

High interest rates, coupled with a still-low supply of housing, have created price hurtles that are keeping many first-time homebuyers and lower-income borrowers locked out of the housing market. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports that existing-home sales dropped 17.8% in November, down from a 9.2%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I have been part of the mortgage banking industry since 1983 — 39 years to date through different housing markets. In many ways it was similar to today, with one exception: When I started, I hadn’t been spoiled by a housing market like the one in 2020 and 2021. economy, especially the mortgage and housing sector.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

We’ve been a sellers’ market here for at least the past eight years, but probably closer to 10 or 11.“ On the existing-home market , agents say the lack of inventory is due to a rate-lock effect, as homeowners with mortgage rates at 5% or below are reluctant to give up their rate unless a major life change necessitates a move.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Last year was a tough one for the Indiana real estate market. Sales from 2022 to 2023 were down 14%,” Mark Fischer, the CEO of the Indiana Realtors Association , said. “We Both buyers and sellers are coming back to the market,” Fischer said. We have a pretty strong market heading into spring,” Fischer said. “I

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Birmingham Appraisal

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Unlocking the Basics: Part 2 of Housing Statistics for Beginners In my last blog post, which was the first installment in this multi-part series, I discussed why it is important for agents to be aware of local housing statistics. Your market may have other sources of market data as well.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2024

The combined share of millennials, both younger (ages 25 to 33) and older (ages 34 to 43), made up a combined 38% of the home purchase market last year, up from 28% in 2022, according to the 2024 Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

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McKissock

AUGUST 14, 2022

The housing market has cooled since the intensity of the post-pandemic real estate rush, but the seller’s market we experienced has left us with plenty of discussion about what the nation’s housing inventory looks like. Housing Inventory So Low? million unit housing deficit at the moment. Why Is U.S.

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Chicagoland Appraisal Blog

JULY 13, 2017

You can employ his strategy which is to offer to make up any shortfall in the appraisal with cash from the buyer to pay the seller, go with a new lender, appeal the appraisal which hardly ever works unless there factual errors as suggested by Mr. Goldberg or might I suggest an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure as quoted by….

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McKissock

JANUARY 18, 2022

Schaechterle suggests that part of developing trust is by setting up clear expectations for a new home buyer. A good agent is willing to share their knowledge of different areas, as well as share their contacts regarding loan officers, essential documentation that shows sellers the buyers are serious, among other services.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 14, 2023

APRIL HOUSING UPDATE The signs are generally pointing in the right direction for our local (and national) residential real estate scene, but it is taking more time than usual to turn a cruise-ship-sized sector around without leaving damage in its wake. The estate has been on the market, on and off, since 2021, then at $14.75M.

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 18, 2021

ARE YOU A WANT-TO-BE-SELLER IN 2021? There are questions about housing market health and what the market is actually doing. This means NOW is a great time to list to take advantage of motivated buyers before other sellers start to saturate the market. Are you searching for a home but cannot seem to find it?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2021

in July from the month prior, a report published by the National Association of Realtors on Monday found. A notable development: After a year of extremely tight housing inventory , the housing market is showing signs of finally adding housing stock. Existing-home sales grew by 2.0%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

We are very bullish on Alabama and its long-term prospects,” Jeremy Walker, CEO of the Alabama Realtors Association , said. “We Walker said the prospect of lower mortgage rates is prompting many agents to feel more positive about the 2024 housing market.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

In a housing market like ours, buyers need to have as many tactics as possible when seeking to purchase a home. We have seen a near-sold-out market for years in many parts of our region – particularly for single-family homes with close access to freeways. The practice appears straight forward but it can be quite tricky.

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Birmingham Appraisal

JUNE 1, 2022

If financing were not an issue, and the buyer couldn’t care less about how their contract price compared to other similar properties, it would just be a matter of connecting the buyer with the seller and signing on the dotted line, but life isn’t always so easy. Of course, we may start to see less of this as interest rates rise.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

As these hurdles to homebuying collide with more Millennials entering the housing market, a focus on efficient automation and custom solutions could be the key to success in 2022. So, what should lenders be doing to thrive in the face of a post-pandemic housing market rife with new hurdles? Even as the U.S.

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 23, 2023

Fannie has been upfront about its interest in developing appraisal “alternatives.” To read more, click here My comments: A good overview and summary of the issues from different sides: GSEs, Realtors, AI and ASA, and fee appraisers. The models aren’t able to think like buyers and sellers. The problem?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2022

The housing market is in a recession, something that the homebuilders and the National Association of Realtors now agree with me on, as this recent CNBC clip shows. family houses in July 2022 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 511,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. This is 12.6

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

We’re seeing fewer new sellers each week, but inventory is building as homebuyers wait to see if mortgage rates will come down to make purchases more affordable. Fewer new sellers also means that inventory can’t grow too much; the real trouble develops when demand drops and supply surges. What’s happening with inventory?

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Assurance Financial

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The real estate market has fluctuated significantly over the past few decades, with a median sales price difference of $195,900 in the last 20 years alone. With these constant housing market shifts, it can be challenging to determine the best time to buy or sell a house. Marketing Strategies. Power Dynamic.

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Listing Spark

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

From late summer of 2022 to now, the Texas real estate market has experienced one of the most unpredictable corrections in recent history, leaving a lot of home-buyers and sellers scratching their heads and trying to make sense of what is going on. Here are five of the biggest change in the Texas Real Estate market.

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The Robert Weiler Company

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

And undeveloped land is increasingly attractive for investors after favorable reports from the Ohio REALTORS®. Our land brokers anticipate steady demand from land buyers, other CRE investors, land developers, and tenants in Ohio, Central Ohio, and Columbus, Ohio. See below why we feel Ohio land for sale market is still ripe for growth.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 12, 2022

The housing landscape is quite different than when this blog’s 2022 forecast was issued in December. And when the market undergoes a significant shift, it’s important to share the latest picture with consumers. Here’s what has developed so far and what to expect for the rest of the year. Across the U.S.,

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Who said this is a sellers’ market? Perhaps it’s truly a builders’ market. Building developers are optimistic they can overcome many of the challenges. GREATER BUYING POWER Buyers who are struggling to purchase a home in this frenzied housing market will receive a bit of a lifeline in 2022.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 8, 2022

The screeching you heard in June was the sound of brakes being applied to the housing market across the U.S. The King County housing market has seen inventory increase by 55% in the past month, while the number of homes going under contract fell 22% from May to the lowest June level since 2011. Not really sure.”.

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